From: | Gurth <gurth@******.NL> |
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Subject: | [OT] Mailer compatibility |
Date: | Wed, 29 Apr 1998 12:01:26 +0100 |
> The big thing on a list like this is that we have people from all over
> the world using a wide range of hardware and software platforms. I hate
> to say this but it is nothing short of rude to use things Rich Text
> formating when one is on an international mailing list...
I don't think being an international list has anything to do with it. If I
go to a computer store I can buy the exact same MS products you can in the
US, except the ones I get will cost more and be translated into Dutch.
They'll still work together fine. Likewise, I use an English-language
version of Pegasus.
The problem is all the different mailers, and their designers choosing not
to do things the standarized way but rather in a way they think will work.
Most of the time, that means each mailer can communicate perfectly with
others of the same type (Outlook -> Outlook for example), but once you sen
something to someone using another mailer (e.g. Outlook -> Pegasus, as is
common when you're on a mailing list), things can get messed up.
Unless you've set the options in such a way that you're only sending plain
text. It's a very simple solution to a problem that shouldn't exist in the
first place, IMnsHO.
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